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Cina
Israel, Jordan begin building free trade zone
Plants slated to compete with China in cheap production are projected to provide 13,000 jobs for Jordanians and Israelis.
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Portogallo
Ministro da Economia diz que Davos é muito importante para promover Portugal
O ministro da Economia, Manuel Caldeira Cabral, disse à Lusa que o Fórum de Davos, onde vai marcar presença juntamente com o primeiro-ministro, “é uma oportunidade muito importante” para promover Portugal junto dos líderes mundiais. “O Fórum Davos é uma oportunidade muito importante para promover o nosso país junto ...
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Malta
So, where is his brother?
In light of the release of his first book, Jo Caruana sits down with well-known writer Victor Calleja to discuss his leap from columns to hilarious hardbacks. Interviewing a friend is always a bit of a challenge, and I consider Victor Calleja to be a great friend. You see, there’s all ...
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Malta
Should workers have the right to disconnect from work e-mails after office hours?
French workers have recently been given the right to disconnect from their e-mail and smartphones after they have left the office – and the youth section of a local union confederation wants that right to be introduced in Malta too. The ForUM Youths Section has for the past few months been ...
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USA Malta
'I’ve basically been kicked out of the country' - US expat slams Identity Malta
An American woman who has been living in Malta for years claims a bureaucratic mess at the government citizenship agency has turned her short-term residence application into a short notice eviction. “After several attempts to apply and being told conflicting information by people at Identity Malta – first my application was ...
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Malta
‘I will publish all major contracts’ – Prime Minister
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat praised the European Commission’s decision to approve the new power station project, and highlighted their findings where they said that the process was carried out in a transparent way and that all contracts were above board.He was speaking at a political activity this morning at Wied ...
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USA Malta
Air Malta: government turns to private investors outside aviation industry
In the wake of Friday’s official announcement that the government’s negations with Alitalia to take a 49 per cent stake in Air Malta had crashed and burned, the government is understood to have now turned to private investors outside the aviation industry to keep the struggling airline afloatSources within the ...
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USA Regno Unito Malta Italia
Siblings who hacked Renzi had Maltese company connections
A brother-and-sister team, Giulio and Francesca Maria Occhionero, suspected of conducting an ambitious, years-long hacking campaign targeting thousands of accounts belonging to some of Italy’s leading political and business figures, have been linked to Malta.The motive behind the sprawling campaign, which carried Masonic overtones, remains a mystery, but those in ...
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Malta
Leisure Clothing refutes allegations, claims Asian workers paid extra following termination
Following the closure of Leisure Clothing’s retail manufacturing unit, Director Richard Luo maintained that the redundancy process in respect of the Asian workers at the factory was followed in full compliance with the law and that extra termination benefits had been paid to the workers.Leisure Clothing made headlines after two ...
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USA Malta
Updated: Loan to Nationalist Party by Zaren Vassallo paid back in full
PN officials who spoke to this newsroom earlier today said that the €250,000 loan that businessman Zaren Vassallo gave to the party has been paid in full in August of last year. The Malta Independent on Sunday quoted unnamed sources within the Nationalist Party who informed the newspaper that only ...